Dish drying cabinet



L. R. KRAUSE DISH DRYING CABINET May 31, 1932.

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L. R. KRAUSE DISH DRYING CABINET Filed OCT.. 10, 1930 2 Sheets-5h86?I 2 Parenteel lwaygi,V 19,32

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` inventionrelatesg'to; dishfdrying cabinets; an'danobjectfof thefinventlon 1s tey providel@n improved ycabinet comprising' an enclosure arranger to 'g'receive kand lenclose 5 dishes 'beforetheV .dishes aredriedgin combi-l nation with means vfor supportingthedishes inthe cabinet in spaced relationshipso Vas to ,Y permitthe'yvater and moisture 'todrain and drop'from the dishes'and from the .cabinet,

im andventilating'means permitting circulation ofthe 1air toA thef'cabinet and the passagefor f inois'tvapors freni-thecabinet. V

Another object of the invention is tokprovide an improved cabinet'adapted'tofsupport f1@ dishes apositionin Whichthe Water and moisturemay drain and drop from'the :dishes and which may also'besatisfactorily used vas a storage' cabinetforfchinavvare and the like. Ano'therobj-ectlof the invention 'is to fprovi'de*'a^cabinet for the purpesefmentioned supporting the'dishes in position in vvhich the VWater and moisture mayrdrainpa'nd drop from dish?supporting,'membersvmay be made `of Woodyor they may be made o'fnoncorrodible vinetalpthisbeingunimportant soy longr as the other essential i'eaturesof theinventionare present" Ff- '1" ing description, reference being y accompanying drawingsyinmwhich p Y fl is a plan viewioff a'cabinet'construct; edjand arranged in yFig. 2 is a :front "elevation of the cabinet .withY the' Y doors closed",V a Akitchen. sink being shown 'to-receivezthefwater from the cabinet. y

n l Fig'jffis a front elevation of thecabinet vvith'the door 'sopenff f F 1g. 4' isa 'verticali cross sectional view on x rig; 5 is an en1srga-viewshowing uit ish supporting rack members in section, With'a.

dish" supported thereon infa relationship in which the lWater and'mcisturemay drop from the'dish.V l' f g Fig;Y 6 'is' across sectionalI view vof the dish .f 'supportingjfracksfin-thecabinet? f 50 featureof thel invention isv the coopera- Y having*non-corrodible"means therein for the open "loWer'end elf-the cabinet. K' Thus, the

other Objects viii-appesi# from he faim/ .k V made `to accordancevvith thepres-k n p n `which"latter:arrangement Wouldinterfere tive-relationship of the cabinet-With respect to ya device for receiving and'discharging'the Water that drops Jfrom the dishes enclosed in the cabinet. This feature of thefin'ventionis obtained bythe location ofthe cabinet'jabove asink l fromwhich a Vpipe 2 receives and con-j ductsthe Water. Thesink l is in theform of 'a receptaclethat will receive andprevent the Watervfrom running onthe Ythier of the room. A' drain board 3 is borderedlbya raised marginal portion ljthat preventsthe Y Water from runningvfromthe drain board onto the door and' causes-the Water to flow into the-basin ofthe sink.l 'p f/ y 7 f In the embodiment of the invention shovvn,v the cabinet is 'an enclosure comprisinga rear Wall 5, end Wallsf,- atopwall 7 and apair of' ,i doors Siconnected with `the end Walls @by hinges Qfso that said doors may-be swung f i. horizontallydfromi closed toppen positions 79 and vice versa. rThedepth of this cabinet from front *toy rear is less than thel Width'ofth'e f `dra-in device .with `Which itA is .p combined,` so

that the drain deviceextends VWell to the front ofthe cabinet and vdoes `not interfere With the Washing of the dishes )inthe sink l nor with the placement of the dishes on the drain 3. Further-therloors 8 are connected With the end Walls-6 'of the cabinet yby thehinges Qsothat thedoors may be'sv'vungV laterally 8 and extended in `opposite directions beyond the endvvalls of the cabinet insteadcf being stopped in position in which the doors extend forwardlyVVV across'f-'the' planeo-f vfthe drain,

'with the freedom l ofk *use* of the f drain device Y Y *ping of the vaporsv Withinthe cabinetf` An. f

yornamental "effect along" -the upper frontf vof the cabinet is obtained'by a facade 'll' attached o@ to rthe front edge of the top'Wall? and extend-'f y ing the full length of the cabinet and, if def sired, across the upper corners of the cabinet,

' 6 and the front side of the bar 12 is flush with i rotwet di the front edges of said walls 6, so that when the doors 8 are closed, the inner surfaces of said doors seat against said bar 12. This bar 12 is located above the lower 'ends of the doors 8 and serves the double function of a door frame member and of a member for engaging the lower edges of dishes to support the dishes in approximately vertical positions in theoabinet.

Ahorizontal series of bars 13 have their ends attached to the end walls 6 of the cabinet and are in the same horizontal plane with the bal-.12. These bars13 yare spaced'apart so este leave longitudinal spaces 14 between said hars, the bar 13 that is adjacent to the bar 12 bein-gsimilarly spaced from said bar 12 vand leaving a similar space 14 (Fig. 6). The front sides 15 of the bars 13 are inclined upwardly and rearwardly, so that the spaces 14 widen upwardly. A purpose of providing the-.inclined walls 15is to permit the marginal portions offplates or dishes y16 to e2:-y tend properly into the spaces 14, the edges of theplates or dishes 16 being slightly below the lower edges of the bars 13 so as to permit thewater to ilow freely from the dishes and drip intothe drain device. This arrange-k rntpermits the dishes to be supported in approximately lvertical or slightly inclined 'tions and leave openings between the` wer edges of the dishes and the bars 13 and 12 whichy engage l the front ofthe dishes. arrangement also permits air to rise freely into the cabinet, even when the doors are closed, and to'pass out through the ventf in devices 10s()y as to discharge from the `net vaors resulting from the placement therein. The doors 8 extend downwardly a suicient distance to conceal the lower `edges of the dishes, so that,when

the cabinet closed, it is Yan ornamental de-l vice. functioning asa storage cabinet and also as a drying cabinet for the dishes supported Abovev the'bar 12, a similar horizontal bar 17 is attached to the end walls 6 of the cabi-v net in a relationship in which the front wall of-said bar 17 is'ush withy the front edges ofthe Walls 6, Aso that when the doorsy 8j are closed, the inner surfaces o-said doors engage against said bar 17. Thisbar 17 islocated above the dish supporting devices 12-13 a suicient distance to provide a lower com artment, so vthat the dishes 16 may be 'free y; racked in` and removed 4from said lower t compartment. "Further, the bar 17 is located a suiiicient distance below the top wall of the cabinet to provide an upper compartment for dishes. `A horizontal series of bars 18 have their ends attached to the end walls 6 of the cabinet and are arranged in the same horizontal plane as the bar 17. These bars 18 are spaced from each other to provide spaces 19, similar to the spaces 14, and the front bar 18 is spaced from the bar 17 to provide a similar space. The'front edges or walls 20 ofthetbars '18` areinclined upwardly andk rearwardly, so that the rspaces 19 widen upwardly as do the spaces 14. These bars 18 constitute supports for dishes 21, which may beracked on said bars in approximately vertical orslightl ,inclined positions, .as shown in Fig. 4. Vith the lower edges of the dishes engaged kin the lspaces 19 and .extending slightly below the bars 18, it permits any Watercarriedv by the dishes to drip therefrom withoutobstruction by said bars 18.

The cabinetmay be equipped with means for supporting cupsthat are provided with handles, so that any water adhering'to the cups may drain and driptherefrom and the cups become dry. As shown, a number of khooks 22 are attached to the under sideof `the top wall 7 of the cnbinet,so thaty the handles of the'cups 23 may be engaged on said hooks and therebysupport'the cups, sovthat vany water adheringtothe cups may drip therefrom and pass through the dish racks described and to the drain device. l

, yThis cabinet may be madek of Aany lappropriate material, suchas woodor `non-oorrodible metal, or partsof the cabinet ma be made of wood and-other parts of me The invention may be otherwisevariedwithin the scope of equivalentvr limits Without delparture from the natureand yprinciple thereof. .I do not restrict myselfk in any une-assential respects, but whatI claim rand desire to secure by. Letters Patent is: t

1. In a drying cabinet having end walls, a horizontal bar attached to kthe `front edges of said end walls, a. series of horizontal'bars attached to said end walls in the same horizontal plane with said first bar and being spacedfrom eachother and said first bar and having their front edges inclined upwardly andyrearwardly, the adjacent edges ofsaid bars being ada ted to engage-raw lower edges of dishes an support said dishes in approximately vertical positions, iand doors hinged to said end walls ,and having their lower ends extended! below fssid first named bar and adapted to engagetllemwith. 2.1In ardrying cabinet having end rvwills and a rear jwalha horizontal eiementattwhed to thefrontfedgesofsaid end wallaaseri ofhorizontal bars extend' approximately parallel with said rear wal and With'said horizontal element and having their ends attached to said end Vwalls and horizontally kfrom each other having alsv i their front edges inclined .upwardly and rearwardly, the adjacent edges of said bars being adaptedto engage the lower edges of dishes and support saiddishes in approximately verticalpositions, and doors hinged `to said end walls and having their lower ends f extending below said horizontal element and adapted to engage therewith when said doors are closed.

3. In a drying cabinet having `end walls anda back wall. attached thereto and a top wall having openings therethrough and said walls forming an enclosure having an open bottom; a number of vertically yspaced hori- Y zontal bars attachedoto the front edges of.

said end walls parallel ywith said rear wall, a series of horizontal bars parallel with said rear wall and with said iirst named bars having their ends attached to said end walls and being spaced horizontally from each other and having their front edges inclined upwardly and rearwardly, the adjacent Vedges of said bars being adapted to engage the lower edges of dishes and support said dishes in approximately vertical positions, and a door hinged to one of said end walls and extending across and engaging said first named bars when said door is in closed position.

LOUISE R. KRAUSE. 

